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Major tunnel fires have been rare occurrences. However, the potential for entrapment and injury of large numbers of people who routinely use highway tunnels, underground mass transportation facilities, or mainline railroad tunnels warrants special considerations.
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Danziger, N.H. (1996). Fire Life Safety. In: Bickel, J.O., Kuesel, T.R., King, E.H. (eds) Tunnel Engineering Handbook. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0449-4_19
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